Why I Cannot Take a Lover

by Grace Cavalieri June 2022 In Print

A new edition of 1970 poetry collection by Maryland Poet Laureate Grace Cavalieri who was also a founder of Washington Writers’ Publishing House, revised and with a new foreword by editor Caroline Bock.

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ISBN: 9781941551295trade$18.95Official on-sale date: June 14, 2022

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Grace Cavalieri

Grace Cavalieri was Maryland’s tenth Poet Laureate. She’s the author of several books and produced plays. She’s the founder and producer of The Poet and the Poem, now from the Library of Congress, celebrating 48 years on air. Two hundred and fifty of her poetry podcasts went to the moon on Lunar Codex from NASA, landing in the Ocean Of Storms

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